Characteristics of the nighttime hospital bedside care environment (sound, light, and temperature) for children with cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 176-184

  Linder, Lauri A ^a   Christian, Becky J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Hospital environment; Light levels; Noise; Sound levels

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NIGHT; ONCOLOGY WARD; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND PRESSURE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NOISE; PEDIATRICS; SOUND; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955554222     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181fc52d0     Document Type: Article

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